Portfolio handle



C. L. CONOVER Feb. 20, 1923. 1,446,035

PORTFOLIO HANDLE Filed June 21, 1920 I har/es L. Canal er 35 @Mo' Patented Feb. 20, 1923.

UCHARLESLAWBENCECONOVER,OF NEW'YOR'K, P 3 5 roRrrroLIo HANDLE.

' ltpplication filed J'une a1, 1920. Serial Nae90',32p.,] Q

T0 aZZ/whmn'z't may 0072,6{61f%{ v I Be it known that I, CHARLES,LPCONOVER, a citizen ofthe 'United'fStates, and resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portfolio Handles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in handles for portfolios, suit-cases and the like, and more particularly to cases commonly known as brief cases, having telescopic ends, and those wherein articles varying in thickness are carried. I

Heretofore, it has been common to rigidly secure the handles of such devices into place with the result that, when thin papers and the like were inserted in the case and the straps drawn down tightly, the handles were.

would be off center so that the bag would hang unevenly. The principal object of the present invention is to provide a bag-handle which is adjustable transversely, so that regardless of the contents of the bag, thehandle may, at all times, be centered and will automatically adjust itself to proper position. I

Another and more specific object of the invention is to provide a handle which is reinforced on its side with a stiffening member so as to avoid the cramping of the hand through thebuckling of the handle.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a locking hasp for the bag which is adjustable to permitthe bag to be locked regardless of its contents.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists f a novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set'forth in the following specifications, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1, is a perspective view of a bag showing this improved handle and locking-means for the flap applied thereto.

Fig. 2, is an end view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 8, is an enlarged side-view in elevation, of the handle, showing a portion thereof in section, to more clearly illustrate the details of construction, and 1 is a sectional view on line 4.4= of Fig. 3.

Y is secured to the front Referring to thedrawingsin idetail,

numeral 5' designates abag "or brief-case of ordinary construction, provided with the ex I H tensible'ends 6, and the usual closing flap strapsfor cooperation with the buckles 9 This flap carriesthe ordinary securing carried to the bag, and the ordinary lock 10 of the bag in any well-known manner.-

Co-operating with the lock '10, a hasp ll" secured in the loop 12 and a strap 13, one end of which is stitched or otherwise permanently secured to the inner side of the v flap 7, while the opposite end isremovably and adjustably secured asat 14:, to the inner side of the flap 7by suitable'snap fasteners,

or the like.

The handle is designated in its entirety by the numeral 15 and comprises the grip portion 16 from the ends of which extend tubular members 17 which are doubled back I as illustrated in Figure 3 and receive a stiffening member'18 which, in the present instance consists of a strip of'springsteel. The ends of the tubular members 17 abut as illustrated in Fig.3 preferably at a point central tothe ends of the string 18, and are. i

secured together in any desired manner,.to prevent longitudinal movement of the parts. In orderto adjustably secure the handle a to the bag, a fiat strap of flexible material 19 is stitched at'opposite ends to the flap 7 while the sides of said strap are left open to accommodate the tubular extensions 17 of the handle. v

In use it will be seen that the case may receive. the desired articles whereupon the a strap 13 is adjusted to bring the hasp 11 into proper position with. relation to the lock 10 after which the bag is closed in the ordinary manner. Obviously, upon grasping the handle 15, the samewill adjust it self within the strap 19 and automatically center itself with relation to the load or tered and much inconvenience to the user avoided. a

'While in the foregoing" there has been shown and described a preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that certain minor changes in'the de tails of construction, combination and ,ar-.

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rangenient of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having carefully and fullyvdesoribed my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A portfolio comprising a body portion having extensible ends, a flapadapted to close the upper side of said portfolio, a retaining member for the flap comprising a portion adapted to be adjustably held in relation to said flap, a lock on said body portion in which said flap retaining member is adapted to be held, a handle comprising a grip, a practically endless member connected to said handle and having a continuous loop arranged parallel with said handle and a flat member secured to said flap and under which said loop is engaged and transversely adjustable.

Signed at the city of New York, in the county of Manhattan, and State of New York, this 28th day of April, 1920.

CHARLES LAWRENCE CONOVER. 

